Concealed guns at Crater Lake? That's the plan

Visitors to Crater Lake National Park with proper permits could carry loaded, concealed handguns along with their binoculars and granola bars under a Bush administration proposal unveiled Wednesday.

The Department of the Interior's plan would partially lift a nationwide ban on loaded weapons in national parks and wildlife refuges, altering a rule that last changed in the Reagan administration.

Campers, hikers and other visitors with concealed weapons permits would be allowed to carry loaded weapons if the state hosting the park or refuge allows it in similar state lands, such as state parks.